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Followup questions on wall repair
Well, I cannot access my prior thread (blank screen!) so trying to start a new one.
One last (hopefully) question on the siding - is this look normal on the inside. Thinking the panels may have not been a "perfect fit" (haha...in so many ways!) and thus there is this slight gap.
One last (hopefully) question on the siding - is this look normal on the inside. Thinking the panels may have not been a "perfect fit" (haha...in so many ways!) and thus there is this slight gap.
It looks pretty good on the outside.
Next item to be addressed is the insulation. Obviously, there was no insulation where we removed the AC unit. The insulation that is between the studs and the metal has a plastic inside "lining" facing the inside and is over all the interior of the whole shop (walls and roof/ceiling).
Do I need to find some of this to place into that open area where the AC unit was? Can I replace with another type of insulation...and if so, do I need to add a plastic over that as a "vapor barrier" or would that be detrimental? I don't want to cause any mold issues give I've already had to clean up some potential mold in areas with the water damage.
Note that there is also paperback insulation that was added between that exterior insulation and the OSB wall.
Anyway, just another situation where I don't know what I don't know - and don't want to put in a patch that ends up causing more issues down the road as this will be hidden behind an OSB "wall" to match what is already used in that room.
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Trying again
Well pictures show up but "disappear" when I hit submit.
yeah i just looked at your first post and it's gone. at least for now !
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Barb, the plastic lining on the inside is a vapor barrier. Since you’re in cold weather country, you want the vapor barrier between the warm heat (inside) and in the insulation. That keeps moisture from migrating from inside into the insulation. From inside out, it would be something like: wall board/gypsum->vapor barrier->insulation->exterior shear->tyvek house wrap (to keep outside water off the wooden exterior shear)->exterior metal cladding.
Hope that makes sense! Overlap all the barriers by a min of 6 inches.
Hope that makes sense! Overlap all the barriers by a min of 6 inches.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
There is no house wrap on the building (just a pole barn). Right now, in that walled off section, from inside out it has OSB, paper backed insulation, then the plastic back insulation, and finally the metal panels. Not sure if I'll be able to find that plastic backed insulation for the small missing section where the AC unit was pulled out. Can I use some other type of insulation against the metal, and then try to slip in some plastic for a vapor barrier?
(Really wish I could post some pictures to clarify!)
(Really wish I could post some pictures to clarify!)
You could probably use the foam sheet boards, just cut a few for thickness (4x8 sheets)
You could probably use the foam sheet boards, just cut a few for thickness (4x8 sheets)
Would this be for the space the AC unit was? Against the exterior metal?
Trying to think how to tie in with the existing (I had some pictures that showed the questions much better 😕). Had just been brainstorming and thought to add insulation (paper back or ??) and then put a vapor barrier over that, trying to seal to the plastic backed insulation that covers the rest of the wall.
Trying to think how to tie in with the existing (I had some pictures that showed the questions much better 😕). Had just been brainstorming and thought to add insulation (paper back or ??) and then put a vapor barrier over that, trying to seal to the plastic backed insulation that covers the rest of the wall.
